]]>2017 Oktoberfest now seeking sponsors!http://scballiance.org/2017/08/2017-oktoberfest-now-seeking-sponsors/
Wed, 02 Aug 2017 17:28:07 +0000http://scballiance.org/?p=561The 12th Annual Oktoberfest is set for Saturday, October 14th and we are looking forward to another great year. We have some changes in store for our loyal fans and look forward to some new faces. We expect a great turnout, a fantastic time, and to successfully raise the funds that help support our mission...

]]>The 12th Annual Oktoberfest is set for Saturday, October 14th and we are looking forward to another great year. We have some changes in store for our loyal fans and look forward to some new faces.

We expect a great turnout, a fantastic time, and to successfully raise the funds that help support our mission on the South Coast. We are now taking sponsors for this years event! Don’t hesitate as some sponsor levels are limited and will go quickly!

See our PDF document here, and please mail in form with payment or contact you favorite SCBA member to reserve you sponsorship. We truly appreciate the support the community has shown in the past and hope for to it in the future

]]>SCBA completes endowment funding to UMass Dartmouthhttp://scballiance.org/2017/07/scba-completes-endowment-funding-umass-dartmouth/
Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:32:34 +0000http://scballiance.org/?p=557Over the last several years our board has not only sought to help with short term solutions for local educational organizations, but also kept a focus on providing long term support. On that note, we are very excited to announce that our board has recently completed funding of an commitment to endowment to UMass Dartmouth!...

]]>Book Drive for Frank M. Silvia Elementary in Fall Riverhttp://scballiance.org/2017/03/book-drive-for-silvia-elementary-fall-river/
Thu, 09 Mar 2017 19:51:49 +0000http://scballiance.org/?p=536The SCBA is pleased to announce our next initiative. For the rest of the month of March we are doing a book drive to support the library at Frank M. Silvia Elementary in Fall River. We are looking for books that are culturally diverse geared towards pre-k through 5th grade. There are also 3 drop-off...

]]>SCBA’s Cinco De Mayo Golf Classic now booking teams and sponsors! Friday, May 5th @ CCNBhttp://scballiance.org/2017/03/scbas-cinco-de-mayo-golf-classic-now-booking-teams-sponsors-friday-may-5th-ccnb/
Tue, 07 Mar 2017 19:40:44 +0000http://scballiance.org/?p=530Our 4th Annual Cinco De Mayo event is official! We are now taking golf foursome reservations, as well as sponsorships for our event. Join us at one of the SouthCoast’s first major golf outing of the year. We enjoy 18 holes at Country Club of New Bedford, including lunch, carts, dinner, prizes and more. The...

]]>Update from our Star Kids participationhttp://scballiance.org/2016/08/update-star-kids-participation/
Sat, 20 Aug 2016 15:24:56 +0000http://scballiance.org/?p=492Over the year’s of the SCBA, one of our favorite programs is the Star Kids Scholarship Program in which we can help an underprivileged youth in the area to attend a private school to help them get the special attention they need to be successful. Every years Star Kids has several students graduate high school...

]]>Over the year’s of the SCBA, one of our favorite programs is the Star Kids Scholarship Program in which we can help an underprivileged youth in the area to attend a private school to help them get the special attention they need to be successful. Every years Star Kids has several students graduate high school and move on to quality college and universities.

This year our funding helped a third grade student be placed at Nazarean Christian Academy. Despite overwhelming barriers for educational and extracurricular success, we just received our recent update and are happy to report he is doing well and had all of his curriculum finish between 79 and 96% with most being the 90+ percentile.

]]>SCBA continues funding of UMass Scholarship Endowmenthttp://scballiance.org/2016/07/scba-continues-funding-umass-scholarship-endowment/
Tue, 05 Jul 2016 15:18:21 +0000http://scballiance.org/?p=488Over the last several years, our group has tirelessly worked to keep a long term approach with our funding. One of the scholarships we started was an endowment with the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. We are pledging $6,500 per year to the university with a goal of reaching $100K that will then be able...

]]>Over the last several years, our group has tirelessly worked to keep a long term approach with our funding. One of the scholarships we started was an endowment with the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. We are pledging $6,500 per year to the university with a goal of reaching $100K that will then be able to fund a yearly scholarship on it’s own. Our 2106 pledge is in and we look forwar dto the local support we receive for the upcoming Oktoberfest to continue this funding.

]]>SCBA supports Titan Challenge of JAhttp://scballiance.org/2016/04/scba-supports-titan-challenge-ja/
Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:55:58 +0000http://scballiance.org/?p=484We are happy to again have been part of Junior Achievement’s Titan Challenge. What is the Titan Challenge? Business management, capital investment, charitable giving, the four Ps of marketing, the law of diminishing returns, product life cycles and research & development are just a few of the topics students were introduced to at the Titan...

]]>We are happy to again have been part of Junior Achievement’s Titan Challenge. What is the Titan Challenge?

Business management, capital investment, charitable giving, the four Ps of marketing, the law of diminishing returns, product life cycles and research & development are just a few of the topics students were introduced to at the Titan Business Challenge, an online strategy competition designed to unleash creativity, test leadership, and demonstrate the competitive nature of our free enterprise system.

Held at the Claire T. Carney Library at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on March 15, 2016, Titan gave high schoolers, from 13 schools across the South Coast, the opportunity to experiment with ideas that required them to think *and* act as individuals and in collaboration with others. With guidance from seasoned professionals, they made real-time decisions that had immediate impact on the health of their virtual companies. All this while competing for scholarship dollars –scholarship dollars we helped make possible through our support of this innovative effort!

Junior Achievement is the world’s largest and longest-operating charity exclusively dedicated to teaching work-readiness, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship; from learning to balance a checkbook to understanding how to be an effective and productive team member, from interviewing to critical-thinking to Titan, JA remains focused – as it has for 97 years – on encouraging paths to self-sufficiency.

Our partnership with Junior Achievement of Southern MA allows us to have immediate impact on today’s youth and long-term impact on tomorrow’s economy. Titan is one such example of how we help achieve that impact.

]]>South Coast Business Alliance Continues Support of YMCA Program for Childcarehttp://scballiance.org/2016/02/south-coast-business-alliance-continues-support-of-ymca-program-for-childcare/
Mon, 29 Feb 2016 20:51:19 +0000http://scballiance.org/?p=475South Coast Business Alliance Continues Support of YMCA Program for Childcare Last year the YMCA’s Kathleen Treglia, Executive Director of Education, reached out to the group with a request for donation in any amount to help fund their afterschool and daycare program. The program provides daycare to children across the south coast based on a...

]]>South Coast Business Alliance Continues Support of YMCA Program for Childcare

Last year the YMCA’s Kathleen Treglia, Executive Director of Education, reached out to the group with a request for donation in any amount to help fund their afterschool and daycare program. The program provides daycare to children across the south coast based on a sliding scale for lower income families who otherwise would not be able to work and look after their children. The YMCA offers full-day care as well as an after school landing place for children whose parents, like most of us, are still working when their children are let out of school.

On our visit to the Y in New Bedford, we learned two very important facts. First, that approximately 80% of the children who attend the YMCA care program are on some form of subsidy to help alleviate the cost of childcare and not be counterintuitive to the efforts of lower income families working to put food on the table. Second, that many of the children in care are living in conditions where the only meals they receive are provided by school and the YMCA. Upon learning this second fact, the YMCA partnered with the Gomes School in New Bedford to ensure that kids don’t spend an entire weekend feeling hungry while waiting for their next meal on a Monday morning at school. The YMCA provides a backpack for students who qualify with two breakfasts and two lunches to help sustain them throughout the weekend.

This year, when asked if we’d be able to match our donation of $2,000.00 from last year, it was a no brainer. The YMCA, among other organizations which help enrich the lives of the South Coast youth, are where most of the support from the SCBA go. Our mission is to help at risk youth, from Star Kids, to Junior Achievement, the Boys & Girls Club and beyond. We understand the importance of giving kids growing up at a disadvantage the chance to change their circumstance. We also know just how great an investment in our community’s future this is.

If you’ve attended one of the SCBA’s signature events such as the Cinco de Mayo Golf Classic or Oktoberfest in New Bedford, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. It is the community’s continued support of our annual fundraisers that allow us to be champions for kids across the South Coast.

]]>SCBA continues support of Star Kids programhttp://scballiance.org/2015/08/scba-continues-support-of-star-kids-program/
Sat, 01 Aug 2015 14:46:06 +0000http://scballiance.org/?p=451The SCBA is happy to be able to continue our support of the Star Kids program, this year helping out our friend Nate. Learn more about Star Kids here, and see below for a great Thank You from Nate! We also excited to see that achieved straight A’s this past school year! ABOUT STAR KIDS:...

]]>The SCBA is happy to be able to continue our support of the Star Kids program, this year helping out our friend Nate. Learn more about Star Kids here, and see below for a great Thank You from Nate! We also excited to see that achieved straight A’s this past school year!

ABOUT STAR KIDS:

The mission of the Star Kids Scholarship Program is to provide educational opportunities in the form of tuition aid to effective non-public schools,uniforms, after- school and summer programs, tutoring and mentoring for those highrisk, low-income children who have a parent with a history of incarceration and/or substance abuse. Children are typically enrolled in the program between kindergarten and grade 4.

Star Kids’ goal for each child is to graduate from high school. By completing high school and hopefully going on to higher education, these children will have a greater chance of breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty, drug use, disease, depression and violence. Star Kids serves children from the following communities:
Newport County, Rhode Island
Fall River, Massachusetts
New Bedford, Massachusetts.